Monday, February 23, 2009

WOW.....I am really proud that our own ARR has won 2 OSCARS , and Resul Pookutty one. As part of the film fraternity to which they belong I am delighted and proud. What a magnificent growth it has been. I have seen his work when ( as Dilip ) he composed the Jingle for our Madras Midtown Round Table No 42's Public service film on Drug Abuse - it starred Kenny ( later to become truly famous as Vikram) .This was done by Mr.Trilok Nair and Mrs.Sharada of Trish Productions.Indeed it was they who took this young lad to Mani and then Roja came......what started as a chinna aasai turned out to be an Oscar aasai. Sharada is Mani's cousin and also hails from a Film background. what a journey...

When the rotay club of madras of which I am a member gave rehman the achievement award , I had a small question and answer session with him. What really struck me was the man's humility and simplicity. His smile is certainly true and from the heart.I am trying to get the "showreel" I made on him with interviews and comments from Mani,K.Balachander,SPB,Hariharan,Valee,Vairamuthu and Chitra. Will try to post it on my you tube channel and let you all know.

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I am an actor in Tamil Films and TV & a management Graduate from XLRI. I have acted in about a 100 Films and over 4000 TV episodes. I am also a Corporate Trainer and use movies as a tool to teach .This experiential type of learning with games,movies etc has worked well with people from all areas and levels of Management. As a Philatelist my interests are Stamps on Cinema and I have a huge collection of Stamps on this subject.I have also been instrumental in the Postal Authorities honouring several doyens of the film industry by bringing out Special Day Covers and in a few cases Postage Stamps as well.I regularly give lectures on Film related subjects and have spoken about Chennai in Cinema, Nagesh , Chandrababu, Kishore Kumar, M.R.Radha to name a few. I have written articles on Famous Film personalities in The Hindu, madras Musings, Satyam Cinema magazine etc.

About Me

I can boldly state that I am South India's only ENTERTRAINER. I use Cinema and my experience of nearly 20 Years in it to conduct Training programs and Lectures in English and TAMIL on Communication , Team Work , Leadership , Personal Growth , Planning etc. These are peppered with anecdotes and stories from the Film Industry. I use Hollywood , Bollywood and Kollywood films depending on the audience.

I also collect Postage Stamps on Cinema and my collection has been awarded a few medals at State and National level comptitions.

I give lectures on film related subjects - I have spoken to a wide variety of people from Judges of the High Court to Lovers of Cinema and Chennai City.

I am married to Padma - (since 1979) and we have two children. My son V.P.Raman is a practicing advocate and is married to Sowmyah , they are blessed with a son - my grandson - Rudra. My daughter Vidyullekha is a succesful actor in Tamil and Telugu films.

I was recently awarded "Distinguished Alumni Award" by my alma mater - XLRI , where I did my MBA - 1978 batch of PGDBM. I have also been awarded the Tamil Nadu State Govt Award for best character award.